After 25 years in business, Ag Oasis of Liberal, Kansas, has learned a lot about how to do things right. Part of that has been teaching – and learning from – summer interns as well as their full-time employees. Farm history and protocols Ag Oasis began in 1993 when the Tuls family moved from southern California to Kansas to start Tuls Dairy with 1,800 cows. In 2003 they … [Read more...]
2018 Dairy U Closing Report
The inaugural Dairy U program welcomed ten students from three states to southwest Kansas, June 19-22. This four-day immersive educational opportunity allowed high school students an intimate perspective of many facets of the dairy industry. Read more here: Dairy U Follow-Up Report … [Read more...]
Celebrating June as Dairy Month across Kansas
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Saturday, June 23, 2018, was a celebration of the dairy industry in Kansas as Governor Jeff Colyer’s proclamation making June Kansas Dairy Month was presented to two Kansas dairies at their Dairy Month open house events. Ohlde’s Dairy in Linn hosted an open house featuring breakfast, tours, calf feedings and kid friendly demonstrations and activities. Shirley … [Read more...]
Dairy U aims to prepare youth for future in industry
High school students with an interest in discovering opportunities within the dairy industry are encouraged to apply for a four-day immersive educational opportunity throughout southwest Kansas. Dairy U, which will be offered for the first time this year, is open to 10 students from across the country, June 19-22. Organizers say the goal of the program is to develop the next … [Read more...]
DFA celebrates opening of a new plant in Garden City
Plant provides a home for local milk, while also helping meet global demand for U.S. dairy Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national dairy cooperative owned by family farmers, recently celebrated the opening of DFA Garden City, a new, state-of-the-art dairy ingredients plant located in Southwest Kansas. DFA Garden City is a partnership between DFA and 12 of its member farms in … [Read more...]